Hong Kong halts postal service for US-bound items over Trump’s ‘bullying’ tariffs | Hong Kong

Hong Kong Submit stated on Wednesday it had suspended items mail companies by sea to the US and can droop its air mail postal service for gadgets containing items from 27 April as a consequence of “bullying” US tariffs.

When sending gadgets to the US, individuals in Hong Kong “ought to be ready to pay exorbitant and unreasonable charges because of the US’s unreasonable and bullying acts”, Hong Kong Submit stated in an announcement.

“The US is unreasonable, bullying and imposing tariffs abusively,” it stated. “Hong Kong put up will certainly not acquire any so-called tariffs on behalf of the US.”

Different postal gadgets containing paperwork solely, with out items, wouldn’t be affected.

Hong Kong, a particular administrative area of China, has been subjected to the identical tariffs as China, in line with a US authorities discover.

Hong Kong Submit stated its suspension was because of the US authorities’s elimination of the “de minimus” exemption and the rise in tariffs for postal gadgets from Hong Kong containing items to the US from 2 Might.

Hong Kong has lengthy been often known as a free and open buying and selling hub, however China’s imposition on the previous British colony of a sweeping nationwide safety legislation in 2020 drew criticism from the US and led it to finish the monetary hub’s particular standing below US legislation.